Lives of eminent and illustrious Englishmen, ed. by G. G. Cunningham, Volumen 131837 |
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... honour of educating Ephraim Chambers , the author of the Encyclopædia ; and is described by his son , in his epitaph , as " ludimagister haud inutilis , " -a schoolmaster of some excellence ; but having been compelled to relinquish his ...
... honour of educating Ephraim Chambers , the author of the Encyclopædia ; and is described by his son , in his epitaph , as " ludimagister haud inutilis , " -a schoolmaster of some excellence ; but having been compelled to relinquish his ...
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... honour . He took his master of arts ' degree in 1762 ; and , in the course of the following five years , was four times appointed to the difficult office of moderator . On the first occasion of his filling this office , the celebrated ...
... honour . He took his master of arts ' degree in 1762 ; and , in the course of the following five years , was four times appointed to the difficult office of moderator . On the first occasion of his filling this office , the celebrated ...
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... honour , in order to support their respective interests , there is integrity enough still remaining in the mass of the people , to counteract the mischief of such selfishness or ambition . " When a meeting of the bishops was convened at ...
... honour , in order to support their respective interests , there is integrity enough still remaining in the mass of the people , to counteract the mischief of such selfishness or ambition . " When a meeting of the bishops was convened at ...
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... honour , and in that state , the elder , a woman of uncommon beauty , had the misfortune to be beloved by the famous duke of Wharton , and the still greater misfortune to return his love . Notwithstanding the opposition of her royal ...
... honour , and in that state , the elder , a woman of uncommon beauty , had the misfortune to be beloved by the famous duke of Wharton , and the still greater misfortune to return his love . Notwithstanding the opposition of her royal ...
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... honours which are bestowed upon great pro- ficiency in mathematical knowledge . But these prospects , which de- lighted his ambition and animated his diligence , were of short duration . The fortune bequeathed to him by his father was ...
... honours which are bestowed upon great pro- ficiency in mathematical knowledge . But these prospects , which de- lighted his ambition and animated his diligence , were of short duration . The fortune bequeathed to him by his father was ...
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Página 205 - Independently of his great attainments in mechanics, Mr. Watt was an extraordinary, and, in many respects, a wonderful man. Perhaps no individual in his age possessed so much and such varied and exact information, had read so much, or remembered what he had read so accurately and well. He had infinite quickness of apprehension, a prodigious memory, and a certain rectifying and methodising power of understanding, which extracted something precious out of all that was presented to it.
Página 9 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Página 117 - AN ELECTION BALL, in Poetical Letters from Mr. Inkle, at Bath, to his Wife at Gloucester: with a Poetical Address to John Miller, Esq. at Batheaston Villa. The Second Edition, with considerable Additions. By the Author of the New Bath Guide.
Página 204 - ... feeble hand of man, in short, with a power to which no limits can be assigned, completed the dominion of mind over the most refractory qualities of matter, and laid a sure foundation for all those future miracles of mechanic power which are to aid and reward the labours of after generations.
Página 226 - I know no man, (said he,) who is more master of his wife and family than Thrale. If he but holds up a finger, he is obeyed. It is a great mistake to suppose that she is above him in literary attainments. She is more flippant ; but he has ten times her learning : he is a regular scholar ; but her learning is that of a school -boy in one of the lower forms.
Página 4 - En sacrum codicem! Here is the fountain of truth, why do you follow the streams derived from it by the sophistry, or polluted by the passions of man...
Página 104 - Observations and Inquiries relating to various parts of Ancient History, containing Dissertations on the Wind Euroclydon, and on the Island Melite, together with an Account of Egypt in its most early State, and of the Shepherd Kings.
Página 120 - With the assistance of one of the soldiers I have changed a large canoe into a tolerably good schooner, on board of which I this day hoisted the British flag, and shall set sail to the east with the fixed resolution to discover the termination of the Niger or perish in the attempt.
Página 100 - ... the beholder was forcibly struck by the sentiment at the first glance : the gradations and varieties of which he traced through several characters, all conceived in an elevated spirit of dignity and beauty, with a lively expression of nature in all the parts. His heads were various — the male were decided and grand ; the female, lovely : his figures resembled the antique — the limbs were elegant and finely formed : his drapery was well understood : either forming the figure into a mass with...
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